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St. Augustine's track teams clear Abilene Christian hurdle
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After five consecutive runner-up finishes, Falcon men leave Wildcats' streak behind
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A dominating performance in the vertical jumps enabled St. Augustine's to leap past the field and win its eighth Division II Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship March 9-10 in Boston. The Eastern College Athletic Conference hosted the championships at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center. St. Augustine's placed four scorers in the long and triple jumps who combined for 38 of the Falcons' 74 total points. New York Tech earned its best team finish in the championships' history, placing second with 48 points, and five-time defending champion Abilene Christian was third with 47. Tim Rusan led the Falcons by winning both the long and triple jumps. He repeated as the triple-jump champion, and broke the meet record he set in 2000 by covering 53 feet, 11 3/4 inches this year. Maurice English placed second in the long jump for the second consecutive year for St. Augustine's. Ray Benjamin came in fourth in the triple jump for the Falcons, and Dane Magloire placed sixth in the long jump and seventh in the triple jump. The victory pulls St. Augustine's back into a tie with Abilene Christian for the most team titles, and keeps the Falcons' streak of finishing either first or second in all 16 national meets alive. New York Tech won three events on the way to its runner-up effort. Orville Taylor in the 400-meter dash and Kevin Mitchell in the 55-meter hurdles were individual champions, and Taylor joined with Warren Wilson, Paston Coke and Ceretsie Campbell to win the 1,600-meter relay. John Kemboi and Alfred Rugema were the key performers for Abilene Christian. Kemboi joined Rusan as a double winner, finishing first in the 800-meter and mile runs. They are the sixth and seventh athletes in the championships' history to win two events in the same meet. Rugema raced to second place in both the mile and 5,000-meter runs. Western State's Michael Aish became the fourth competitor to win the same event three times, setting the meet record in the 5,000 at 13 minutes, 44.27 seconds. Casey Seyfert of Fort Hays State was the only other repeat champion, adding the 2001 shot put title to the one he won in 1999. Team results 1. St. Augustine's, 74; 2. New York Tech, 48; 3. Abilene Christian, 47; 4. Lewis, 36; 5. Western St., 31; 6. Northwest Mo. St., 21; 7. Morehouse, 20; 8. Central Mo. St., 19; 9. Wheeling Jesuit, 18; 10. (tie) Ashland and UC Davis, 16; 12. Fort Hays St., 15; 13. Saginaw Valley, 13 1/2; 14. Adams St., 11; 15. (tie) Colorado Mines, Kentucky St. and N.C. Central, 10; 18. (tie) Mass.-Lowell, Morningside and North Dakota St., 8; 21. (tie) Neb.-Kearney and Southern Conn. St., 7; 23. (tie) Emporia St. and Kutztown, 6; 25. (tie) South Dakota and South Dakota St., 5; 27. Grand Valley St., 4 1/2; 28. Virginia St., 4; 29. (tie) Mo. Southern St. and St. Cloud St., 3; 31. (tie) C. W. Post, Cal St. Stanislaus, Lake Superior St., Minn.-Duluth, Truman and Wayne St. (Neb.), 2; 37. (tie) UC-Colo. Spgs., Indianapolis, St. Joseph's (Ind.), Western Ore. and Wis.-Parkside, 1. Individual results 55-meter dash: 1. Jason Smoots, N.C. Central, 6.26; 2. Marquis Davis, St. Augustine's, 6.26; 3. Christie VanWyk, Abilene Christian, 6.27; 4. Reggie Hill, Kentucky St., 6.34; 5. Bobby Ezell, St. Augustine's, 6.38; 6. Eunice Brown, New York Tech, 6.40; 7. Brian Dzingai, Truman, 6.42; 8. Mike Hinshaw, Western Ore., 6.42. 400-meter dash: 1. Orville Taylor, New York Tech, 46.55; 1. Paston Coke, New York Tech, 47.88; 3. Stephan Demeritte, St. Augustine's, 48.10; 4. Prince Huffman, St. Augustine's, 48.61; 5. Dayven Johnston, Colorado Mines, 48.73; 6. Mike Paige, Mass.-Lowell, 48.80; 7. JoJo Wright, Cal St. Stanislaus, 48.81; 8. Reginald Cross, Indianapolis, 48.99. 800-meter run: 1. John Kemboi, Abilene Christian, 1:49.71; 2. Horace Steele, Morehouse, 1:50.83; 3. Headley Bent, Lewis, 1:51.16; 4. Eric Sherry, Mass.-Lowell, 1:51.65; 5. Kyle Keraus, Northwest Mo. St., 1:51.74; 6. Andy Moen, North Dakota St., 1:52.09; 7. Adam Gellerstadt, Minn.-Duluth, 1:52.11; 8. Benjamin Lengerich, Colorado Mines, 1:52.13. Mile run: 1. John Kemboi, Abilene Christian, 4:00.34; 2. Alfred Rugema, Abilene Christian, 4:02.12; 3. Nelson Laux, Western St., 4:05.19; 4. Nick Cordes, Ashland, 4:05.62; 5. Nick Burrow, South Dakota St., 4:06.31; 6. Jean Marie Ndikumana, Abilene Christian, 4:08.56; 7. Brayce Forsha, Central Mo. St., 4:09.45; 8. Martin Weiss, Colorado Mines, 4:10.21. 5,000-meter run: 1. Michael Aish, Western St., 13:44.27 (meet record: old record, 13:45.51, Charles Mulinga, Lewis, 1995); 2. Alfred Rugema, Abilene Christian, 13:51.75; 3. Jason Hubbard, Adams St., 13:53.89; 4. Brandon Leslie, Adams St., 14:06.07; 5. Joseph LeRoux, Western St., 14:12.63; 6. Scott Nagelkerke, Western St., 14:19.08; 7. Jeff Kaiser, UC Davis, 14:22.59; 8. Trent Briney, UC-Colo. Spgs., 14:22.60. 55-meter high hurdles: 1. Kevin Mitchell, New York Tech, 7.43; 2. Brandon Rouchion, Wheeling Jesuit, 7.43; 3. Dustin Brock, Emporia St., 7.45; 4. D'artanian DeJean, St. Augustine's 7.45; 5. Derrick Blount, Virginia St., 7.46; 6. Victor Tolstov, Lewis 7.53; 7. Matt Kneifl, Wayne St. (Neb.), 7.55; 8. Joel Janecek, Neb.-Kearney, 7.61. 1,600-meter relay: 1. New York Tech (Warren Wilson, Orville Taylor, Paston Coke, Ceretsie Campbell), 3:11.39; 2. St. Augustine's, 3:12.23; 3. Morehouse, 3:12.42; 4. Lewis, 3:13.20; 5. Central Mo. St., 3:13.78; 6. Colorado Mines, 3:13.83; 7. Abilene Christian, 3:15.90; 8. South Dakota, 3:16.92. High jump: 1. Hong Yong Bi, Wheeling Jesuit, 2.17 (7-1 1/2); 2. Brennan Rigsby, Western St., 2.17 (7-1 1/2); 3. Jesse Lipscombe, Morehouse, 2.11 (6-11); 4. Ivan Varbanov, Central Mo. St., 2.11 (6-11); 5. Brian Antoine, North Dakota St., 2.03 (6-8); 6. Brian Brown, Southern Conn. St., 2.03 (6-8); 7. Grady Wilburn, UC Davis, 2.03 (6-8); 8. Mike Merckx, Wis.-Parkside, 2.03 (6-8). Pole vault: 1. Duane Chappel, Lewis, 5.30 (17-4 1/2); 2. Tony Moore, UC Davis, 5.10 (16-8 3/4); 3. Paul Schmitt, Kutztown, 5.10 (16-8 3/4); 4. Ryan Miller, Northwest Mo. St., 5.00 (16-4 3/4); 5. Tommy Leslie, Northwest Mo. St., 4.90 (16-0 3/4); 6. Seth Isringhausen, Mo. Southern St., 4.90 (16-0 3/4); 7. (tie) Josh Little, Saginaw Valley, and Ben Hirdes, Grand Valley St., 4.80 (15-9). Long jump: 1. Tim Rusan, St. Augustine's, 7.58 (24-10 1/2); 2. Maurice English, St. Augustine's, 7.46 (24-5 3/4); 3. Victor Tolstov, Lewis, 7.37 (24-2 1/4); 4. Anthony Harris, Kentucky St., 7.35 (24-1 1/2); 5. Lloyd Brown, New York Tech, 7.30 (23-11 1/2); 6. Dane Magloire, St. Augustine's, 7.16 (23-6); 7. Derek Sandahl, Lake Superior St., 7.10 (23-3 1/2); 8. Jesus Salazar, Colorado Mines, 6.98 (22-11). Triple jump: 1. Tim Rusan, St. Augustine's 16.45 (53-11 3/4) [meet record: old record, 16.34 (53-7 1/2), Rusan, 2000]; 2. Duane Brisbon, Central Mo. St., 15.56 (51-0 3/4); 3. Ryan Williams, Lewis, 15.38 (50-5 1/2); 4. Ray Benjamin, St. Augustine's, 15.23 (49-11 3/4); 5. Ricardo McDonald, Southern Conn. St., 15.20 (49-10 1/2); 6. Lloyd Brown, New York Tech, 15.17 (49-9 1/4); 7. Dane Magloire, St. Augustine's, 15.08 (49-5 3/4); 8. Rob Renschler, North Dakota St., 15.06 (49-5). Shot put: 1. Casey Seyfert, Fort Hays St., 17.97 (58-11 1/2); 2. Tucker Woolsey, Northwest Mo. St., 17.06 (55-11 3/4); 3. Brad Shook, Ashland, 16.85 (55-3 11/2) 4. Chad Manning, Fort Hays St., 16.76 (55-0); 5. Charles Thomas, UC Davis, 16.73 (54-10 3/4); 6. Eric Gunderson, St. Cloud St., 16.72 (54-10 1/4); 7. Paul Markel, Saginaw Valley, 16.31 (53-6 1/4); 8. John Delay, South Dakota St., 16.29 (53-5 1/2). 35-pound weight throw: 1. Paul Markel, Saginaw Valley, 19.68 (64-7); 2. A. G. Kruger, Morningside, 19.42 (63-8 3/4); 3. Brett Wetton, Neb.-Kearney, 18.86 (61-10 1/2); 4. Joe Woodske, Ashland, 18.64 (61-2); 5. Dean Gillen, South Dakota, 18.61 (61-0 3/4); 6. Jason Van Elst, Grand Valley St., 18.52 (60-9 1/4); 7. Alex Kollar, C. W. Post, 17.49 (57-4 3/4); 8. Aaron Thomas, St. Joseph's (Ind.), 17.29 (56-8 3/4).
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